MAORY/MORFEO@ELT: Calibration Unit overview

Gianluca Di Rico, Ivan Di Antonio, Gabriele Rodeghiero, Angelo Valentini, Mauro Dolci, Alexander Goncharov, Nicholas Devaney, Lorenzo Busoni, Sylvain Oberti, Marco Riva, Jacopo Farinato, Enrico Cascone, Simonetta Chinellato, Vincenzo Cianniello, Domenico D'Auria, Vincenzo Di Caprio, Christian Eredia, Enrico Giro, Demetrio Magrin, Elisa PortaluriEdoardo Redaelli, Bernardo Salasnich, Paolo Ciliegi, Ugo Di Giammatteo

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Abstract

The Calibration Unit (CU) of MORFEO, the Multiconjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observations (formerly known as MAORY), is a complex optomechanical subsystem to project on the telescope NGS and LGS focal planes a large number of light sources at different wavelengths. These sources are needed to run calibration, verification and test procedures on MORFEO at the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). This subsystem will play a critical role not only during operations, but also during the Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) phase in Italy, when it will be used in the Test Unit (TU) configuration, including a Deformable Mirror (DM), and in Chile. We present a general overview of the CU preliminary design, focusing on the reasons that led to the current optomechanical configuration and providing a more detailed description of the calibration sources, the light transmission chain and the electronics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdaptive Optics Systems VIII
EditorsLaura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, Elise Vernet
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510653511
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
EventAdaptive Optics Systems VIII 2022 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 17 Jul 202222 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12185
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceAdaptive Optics Systems VIII 2022
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period17/07/2222/07/22

Keywords

  • Adaptive Optics
  • ELT
  • Instrument Calibration
  • Optical Fibers
  • Visible and Infrared Instrumentation

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